Trump Administration

While big questions about the agency’s future remain unanswered, here is everything to know about its history, and some of the plans conservatives have pushed for dismantling it.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to close the Department of Education.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department.

Federal immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India who was teaching at the Washington institution on a student visa, his attorney said Wednesday. Masked agents arrested the graduate student, Badar Khan Suri, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, attorney Hassan Ahmad said. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Education Department. Follow along for live updates.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades.

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department.

The newly released tranche of documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy includes a memo that for decades helped fuel speculation that the CIA was somehow involved in the killing of the president.

A U.S. Department of Education investigation concluded that Maine’s education office violated the Title IX antidiscrimination law by allowing transgender girls play on girls’ sports teams and use girls’ sports facilities.

Commercial fishermen and seafood processors and distributors seeking to convert to new, lower-carbon emission systems say they are finding federal funding they were counting on for the work is frozen or unavailable in the wake of sweeping budget cuts touted by President Donald Trump. The systems are designed to replace old diesel-burning engines and outdated at-sea cooling systems. The changes...

The Trump administration is pausing $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender athlete policies, the White House announced Wednesday in a post on X.

At least one website about Robinson, who trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II, was reinstated Wednesday afternoon.

The White House has invoked the Alien Enemies Act and alleged that those who were removed were linked to a gang, a claim their families strongly reject.

Business owners from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border gathered Tuesday in Vermont to share how the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs have affected their industries. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and repeated comments that Canada should become the 51st state have infuriated Canadians, and many are boycotting American goods in response. “What’s going on in Canada is without precedent....

The National Archives and Records Administration posted more than 63,000 pages of files relating to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on Tuesday night.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.

The UCLA Anderson Forecast, citing substantial changes to the economy from policies of the Trump administration, issued its first-ever “recession watch” on Tuesday.

With President Donald Trump’s immigration policy leading to concern among international students, Bunker Hill Community College says it is making changes to protect the safety of students and staff

The Trump administration’s immigration policy is prompting concerns about international travel among schools and students.